Like others over the years I’ve visited stores and stood in lines, often long, seen surly employees, who give short answers and seem like they’d rather be anywhere else than where they are. Are you happy being wherever you are? How do you find it to serve another?
I recently spoke to an elder woman and asked her about her work. She told me that she is a 
cancer survivor and is a retired physician’s assistant. She worked for 30 years in her field and loved it. The secret she beamed is to care about what you do. When her former patients see her they lament about how they miss her, because they knew she cared about them and did her best for them.
In talking to another elder he told me every day and every night he has one prayer…to die. I said, “a little depressed, huh.” He said, “yes.” Thoughts are powerful. My prayer for him is that he enjoy whatever time he has on his earth journey.
Earlier this year I had a problem and it took some months for it to be fixed. The supervisor and an employee were both patient and helpful. However some other employees were less than stellar and kept making errors. So I decided to go back in and speak to someone about it. As it turned out, the employee who helped before was there. I asked her name. I said thanks for all your help with this matter. She said she focuses on treating people the way she wants to be treated. Instead of being just a nice statement, she put it into action.
The life of each of use is connected with the life of those around us. What we do for another we do for ourselves.